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THE DERBY.—KALE GLASSES (the best), at CALL AG 11 AN VA, New Bond-street, Vir., corner or Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Vottlander, Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Grand Extra Night. Mdlie. Lucca ; Mdlle. Battu ; Madame Didiee ; M. Faure ; Signor Attri; and Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), May the 12th, will be performed, for the first time this season, Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valenti, a, Mdlle. Pauline I.,.eca, her fourth appearance in England. and first appear ance this sea on ; 31argari a de Valois, Mdlie. 31arie Battu Da.ma cl'Onore, 31:(clame Tagliatico ; - Urba Madame Daiee, her fir t appearance this season ; II Conte di San Bri-, M. Faure, his first appeqrance this season; Marcello, Signor Attri, in consequence of Ihe illness of Herr Schmidt II Covte do Nevers, Signor Tagliafico ; Meru, Signor Polonini ; Tavannes, Signor Rossi; De Betz, Signor r ajar; Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lucchesi ; and Raoul, Sigr 3fario• Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement wi 1 be supported by Mdlle. Salvicni, Mdlle. Carmine, and M. Despla:e.l. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 75. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 109. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6(1. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is epen from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librartans'. TaEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and le. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shak4pere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Parr of HENRY THE FOURTH. . . The cast will include impersonations by those eminent trtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. A ddiso ,, , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. }Merton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rese Leclercq, ~nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. Concluding' with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Fa.rren and Miss Barris. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark. 1 ,4 eathersby, &e. ; 3lesclanies Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliain. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Neill , rower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. }ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. With the most earnest d sire to adhere to the previous announcement, Mr. FECHTER is compelled, in consequence of the extraordinary Scenic preparation , to PO TPONE the production of HAMLET until SATURDAY, May 21. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. Messrs. 'Vining, Hermann Vezin, Nelson, D. Fisher, &c.; Mesdames Hermann Vezin, C. Carson, &c After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with: DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. NEW THEATRE-IW lAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but four of ,he Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAH. THIS EVENLNG,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. - Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Biilington. To conclude with T 11E AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, I'. Bedford, it. llomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.—L EA H.—THIb EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maiden until further notice. In order o give due effect to tnis most remarkable success of the season, entirety new scenery by the celebratea artists Messrs. Ranson and Sons, and Thompscn. New drrsses and appo ntments have been prepared for its production.—N. it. In consequence of the messing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar mgement., have tow been made by which Seats may be ob tamed a Fortnight in Aavaw.e. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— :The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Pnul Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson. Mr, Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. _ _ • - EVERY EVENING, at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, called SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. Alter which, a new and original Comely, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, Esq., entitled THE FOX CHACE. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr.. 7. Clarke, Mr. F. Robin son, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Chamr:erlaine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with UNDP:It THE ROSE. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborouzh. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Alter which (13th time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, .tc. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. 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GLENIE, NEWS GEIM No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park _ THE BENEFACTOR OF VIM SKIN. yIOLLARIPS PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULYIIUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians ,see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Noq. 1 to 5, accorci , ng to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot. :!, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at alt chemists, Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. IZ' tit A • • LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1864. Apart from the more apparent horrors of war, there is always much to deplore in the minor details and attendant circumstances. It is particu larly distressing to mark the manner in which the Prussians are carrying on the war in Jutland. It would seem as if every possible means had been employed to harass the population, and to render the inevitable evils of war as manifold in extent and degree as could be imagined. There can be no excuse for this conduct, and it is greatly to the discredit of all the parties concerned in the affair, That in the present day the General in command of an army should suffer his troops commit such ravages on an unoffending people, and to comport themselves without the slightest regard to the prin ciples of moderation, is almost incredible. Were not the information furnished from reliable sources, and did not all accounts concur in bearing testi mony to their unrestrained demeanour, we should be slow to believe the damaging relation. Even those who might have been over-persuaded into the belief that the Germanic Powers had the right on their side, or at all events firmly considered that ' they had, must be greatly disgusted and completely dismayed when they peruse the accounts that arrive of the manner in which the invaders are act ing. One report unfortunately typifies another ; their name is legion, and one feels doubtful whether to entertain more sorrow for those subjected to such treatment, or indignation against the perpetra tors of such outrages. For instance, who could have credited, from the tone adopted at the outset of the contest by its originators, that the armies that were to protect more than to wage open war, would in so brief a space of time have resorted to plunder and pillage. There can be no earthly excuse for this ruthless course, and the fact of employing a civil com missioner to superintend an "organised plunder" stamps the undertaking with its true colours, and proclaims the whole affair to be a syatematised scheme of ruin, and the account circulated at the outset a sham and a delusion. The expedition that set oat on this ill-omened undertaking was in truth an " organised hypocrisy." Many doubted the authenticity of the assurances, and were anxious as to the fulfilment of the promises so speciously vouchsafed, but the reality has more than verified the darkest forebodings, and given ground for all sorts of suspicions and mistrust. Not satisfied with appropriating the goods of the shops, these merciless aggressors will next seize the stock and cattle of the peasants. Let this be attempted, and there will be evil in store for those who put the proposal into practice. It is at any rate satisfactory to know that the Muni cipal Council of Viborg had the sense and the spirit to refuse compliance with the extortionate demands that were required of them. When the refusal takes place the public treasuries are plun dered. This conduct is pretty fair from troops that set out under such flattering auspices, and heralded with so fair a promise of success. It is sometimes no gain to succeed in the arduous un dertakings in which we are engaged. Had the Prussians not been hitherto so victorious they would, and must have lowered their demands, and modified their expectations. If one act can be more insulting than another, it is immediately adopted. The first citizens and officials are taken and sent as hostages for the fulfil ment of the demands, and detained until compliance is made. Such a barbarous system as this is perfectly disgraceful, and an outrage on the feelings and sentiments of all civilised nations. The reply of the Municipal Council of Viborg is emi nently characteristic of the spirit which hFe s dis tinguished the Danes throughout the wt . .ole of the unequal struggle in w hi c h th ey h ave b een engaged. It is couched in language at once firm and mode rate, and expresses the determination of the inhabi tants in a manner that catroot be mistaken. The Prussians were unscrupulous enough to demand the sum of 50,000 dollars as a compensation. The Council declare that were they willing to meet these requirements, " the payment of the sum de manded would be completely impossible." So simple and straightforward a reply would impress any authorities but those predetermined on their course, and resolved course gut route to effect their purpose, and seize the spoil. Earl RUSSELL may learn e, useful lesson from the arrogant tone assumed, by the Vienna Press. Surely they must speak to him of the effect of all b'ss hesitation and backslidings in diplomacy. rne insolence of the writers in these journals is simply ridiculous, and in endeavouring to sneer at as, they have quite overreached them selves. When a paper of note talks of the " insuf ferable arrogance, disgusting egotism, and almost ir,conceivable ignorance of the English in foreign affairs," it is satisfactory to find these spiteful critics make a blunder. They allude to the two Austrian frigates which passed through the British Channel, and thereupon assert that England grew pale with fright at the apparition. Now considering that one of these terrible frigates was destroyed in the naval fight with the Danes, and the other had to make a precipitate flight, it may be suggested that there were other parties besides the English who were " pale with fright." It is nearly incom prehensible how such trash can be written, much less given heed to, but we know that it often occurs that great credence is attached to these emphatic utterances by those to whom they are addressed. In the days of PITT and Fox such strictures were not applied to this country, because no one would have listened to them. It has fallen to our lot to be cast in the evil days when national honour is overcast, and national influence at a die count, and the reward we reap for the sacrifices made for one or two States is that they turn round at every opportunity and make game of *us. Cer tainly none can tell better than they how much we have retrograded from our former position, and been prestige. At the sam e ti me, ri sh o o th rn in o: c o a u n r a e n x c c ien use t or exculpate such ingratitude and inconsideration on their part. Emigration has of late years become so genetal that the first inquiry made on hearing of a fertile and thinly populated district is, how far it is adapted for colonisation. Our people have shown an aptitud e f ar co l on i s ing possesse d by no oth er nation, and have p rove d their capability of adapting themselves to the requirements of different localities by successfully establishing settlements in every habitable zone, and in both hemisp heres. It re quires a com bi nation of qualities to found a sub stantial colony, for it is not enough to possess the energy and spirit of adventure which makes men dare the perils of an unknown life ; neither is it sufficient to have the prudence and wisdom to regulate the affairs of an infant community, with out a brave, cheerful, enterprising nature. There are difficulties to be overcome both from within and without, and the home-sickness of the emigrants too often makes the burdens and deficiencies of a rough colonial life seem doubly oppressive. That perseverance and steadiness which are so eminently characteristic of Englishmen have, no doubt, been conspicuous among the elements of their colonial success, and the quiet good sense which generally distinguishes the practical class who emigrate, has perhaps equally contributed to the rapid develop ment of their settlements. We find a remarkable example of the reluctance to abandon an under taking in the early history of the North American colonies, which were again and again repeopled from the mother country, after disease or famine had depopulated the infant States. In these days, however, the intendiug emi grant has no such perils to contend with as in the time :of " good Queen BESS, " and accordingly the suggestion of a new colony carries with it less of an alarming or exciting nature. Such a suggestion was made the other evening at a meet ing oftthe Royal Geographical Society, held under the presidency of Sir RODERICK MURCHISON, for the purpose of hearing a most interesting narrative of the fortunes of an adventurer in search of an easy passage across the Chilian Andes. The gentleman who undertook this somewhat formidable expedie tion is a Senor Cox, the son of an English physician at Valparaiso, who probably regards himself as a Spaniard, from the title he assumes. His object was to discover an easy passage across the South American continent, from the new Chilian settle ments on the Pacific side on the one hand, to the River Negro, long since proved to be navigable from the Atlantic to the eastern side of the Andes. Could this be effected, a direct communication would be opened, not only between the various settlements but between the two oceans. Unfortunately the object of Senor Cox's arduous undertaking was frustrated for the time by the hostility of the Indian tribes, but the information which he acquired is valuable, and he will probably be enabled to accom plish his journey another time. The account given of his adventures was most interesting and curious. Starting from Port Moutt, a thriving German settlement near the island of Chiloe, he proceeded with an expedition, equipped at his own cost, to the inland sea of Nagelhuepi, whose name bears the cheering interpretation of "Lake of Tigers." To reach this he had to pass two lakes, which he crossed by means of gutta percha boats he carried with him, and he succeeded in finding a pass over the Cerdillera at an altitude of less than 3,000 feet. Nagelhaapi lies on the eastern side of the Andes chain, so that the party of explorers were de lighted to find a stream issuing from it in the direc tion of the rivers which flow into the Atlantic. Could they prove this junction, the object of their journey would be attained, but it was not to be. When within five m.iles of the point up to which the river Negro had been navigated, the :,oat, which had already run great risks from th e nume rousand after a n - errow escape rapids, overturned, ' by water the adventure rs encount sled equal peril s on land, for they were seized by a party of savage Indians, whose chief declared he would put them to death for their presumption in visiting his terri tory without permiasiou. The old story about the charms of music was verified to some purpose in this instance, since Senor Cox succeeded in pa cifying the irate Cacique by playing a tune on his fiegeolet, which strangely, but fortunately, was among the articles saved from the wreck. After a time the Cacique relented so far as to promise his assistance in reaching the Negro, but with a shrewdness worthy of a civilised speculator, he in• sisted upon the presents being fetched from Val divia first. Accordingly, Senor Cox has retuned !o tell his story, which, so far as the geographical portion of it goes, is highly satisfactory. We hope that the Cacique will prove true to his promise, but if he will do no more than abstain from active in terference Vaere seems little doubt at present that the object will be finally attained. There Naill of course be some obstacles in the way, chief among t:eem the hostility of the Indian tribes, and the rapids which proved so dangerous to the exploring party in the newly discovered river, which they call the Limey, but a great step has boon gained in establishing the possibility of such direct communication between the two sides of the continent. Admiral FITZROY, in commenting upon this interesting narrative, observed that the region referred to was, both in regard to soil and climate, specially suited to Englishmen. The south-west parts of South America, he said, were among the finest regions in the world, and, indeed, we have a proof of the kindly nature of the clime in the rapid progress of the new German colony of Port Moutt, which a short time back was founded in a district only inhabited by a few scattered Tribes of savages, but in ten years' time has become a town, with a population of 15,000. Admiral FITZROY, who surveyed the coast some years ago, gave some valu able information as to the capabilities of the country, and remarked that the western side was all well timbered, while the range of the Andes is rich in minerals. At the time of his visit there were only a few fragments of coal lying about, which no one took the trouble to pick up; but now the natural advantages of the place have been turned to more account, since we hear of 20 or 30 ships loading coal there at one time. Extensive forests of good apple-trees are to be found, says Admiral FITZROY, in the Chilian forests, while the country is fortunate enough to possess no less than three distinct kinds of potatoes, better than any we have in this country. The Admiral expressed some surprise that no adventurous Englishman had re plenished our deteriorated stock from this source. From all accounts, this hitherto little-known and neglected region opens a wide field for enterprise and exertion, and bids fair to become an excellent channel for relieving the struggling populations of the overcrowded Eastern hemisphere. BEER AND ALE.—The demand for British beer and ale appears to extand steadily. Thus, the value of the exports under this head in the first quarter of the current year was £174,565, against £465,857 in the cor responding period of 1863, and £401,836 in the correspond ing period of 1862. British India and Australia continue our best customers for malt liquors. Thus, the former con sumed our beer and ale during the first three months co 1864 to the value of £138,530, against £116,231 in the cor responding period of 1863, and £164,506 in the correspond ing period of 1862 : while the latter figures for £147,037 in the first 3 months of this year, against £188,463 in 1863, and £119,731 in 1862. BRUTAL MURDER.—The village of Rudgway, near Tbornbury, has been the scene of a brutal murder. The victim is a poor blind woman named Mary Carthey, but better known as Mary Curtis, whose husband has been dead for some time, and who, since her widow hood, has supported herself by basket-making. IC was known to have been her custom every night to walk down the garden path leading from her Cottage to shut the wicket and her murderer must have availed himself of this oppor tuaity to effect his purpose. On Tuesday morning the poor woman was found lying dead outside her house, there being marks of blood about her head, and her throat being cut. A stone hammer, a razor-case, and a stick were found near the spot, and have been identified as the property of a labourer named Gough, who has absconded, and who had previously threatened the deceased. LIQUOR DEALERS IN AMERICA. --The number of retailers who sell liquor in the United States is more than ono-half of all the retail traders in the country, for the 10 dollar retail dealers' license produces 1,227,912 dollars, while the 20 dollar liquor retail license is creditor for 1,477,754 dollare,—American 2fational Almanac for 1864, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 12, PM, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RUSSIA. RUSSIAN PROHIBITION TO EXPORT HORSES. HA I IBURG, MAY 11. The Russian Government has prohibited the ex portation of horses from the Southern provinces of the Empire. DENMARK, CONDITIONS OF THE TRUCE BETWEEN DENMARK AND THE ALLIES. COPENHAGEN, MAY 10, 5.12 p.m. The Government has concluded a truce for one month commencing front the 12th inst. The belli gerents are to give not,ce of their intentio❑ to re. new hostilities one week before its expiration. The allies will remain in possession of Jutland, and the Danes of Alsen. The allied forces are not to impose any farther contributions in Jutland, nor interfere in the civil government of that province. The blockade of the German ports is raised. COPENHAGEN, MAY 10, 7.10 P.M. The Minister of Marine has published a notifies. tion raising the blcckade of Prussian, Holstein, and Schleswig ports from the 12th inst. It is asserted that the Minister of War has ten dered hie resignation: BERLIN, MAY 12, An invitation has been issued by a number of deputies belonging chiefly to the extreme Conser vative party, headed by Count Arnim Boytzemburg, to sign an address to the King relative to the affairs of Schleswig and Holstein. The draft of the address to be signed contains the following passage : " lye deem the separation of the German portion of Schleswig and the whole of Holstei❑ from Den mark, and their union as a separate State, either under their own Sovereign. efficaciously protected by a powerful German State, or else annexed as a provir ce to the latter, to be the only solution which offers a corresponding return for the sacrifices already made, and, at the same time, promises to secure a lasting pease and the welfare of those con cerned." ITALY. THE INSURRECHON IN TUNIS. TURIN, MAY 12, 10 A.M. The rumour is current that the Italian Govern ment intends to despatch a frigate with troops to Tunis, to allay the fears of the numerous Italian inhabitants of that place. It is believed that similar steps will be taken by France and England. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 12. No deeision has been come to by the Commission appointed to deliberate upon the Passive debt. PORTUGAL. The students are returning. to Coinabia without further disturbances, The proposed railway to Algaroes has been ap. proved by the Cortes, PRANCE. BOURSE, May 11,—The market opened firm, and with rather an upward tendency, but a further ad vance was checked by the arrival of English Consols with a fall of 1. Threes, for the Account, are un• varied at E6f. 75e. Mobil to 1,180 f., are now at I,l' quiet, but firm The mai 41 per Cents . . 93 10 1)o. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 75 Credit Mobilier 1172 50 Do. end month 1167 50 Bank Shares 3350 Credit k oneier 1260 Roman ier, after having improved 7 60c. Railway Market . ket closed as follows Italian Loan 6B 80 Do, end month 6B 90 New ditto — Do, end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt .. Deferred RA IL WAY% Cash. Account. 883 88° 985 982 60 88 3 75 .. 887 50 887 50 .. 650 648 75 495 495 -- 465 .. 463 75 367 50 .. 367 50 407 50 .. 411 25 532 50 536 25 481 25 .. 490 568 75 .. 565 267 50 .. 272 50 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western ...... Eastern ... SaHinian ... Auetrian 4.4 Lon , lyard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, May 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Delta, Captain Weeks, with the heavy por• tion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 133 passengers. Amongst whom are, from Gib raltar, Viscount Lumley, Ensign the Hon. I. C. Amherst, Captain Sawyer, and Lieuts. Ward and Whalley. The Delta has on freight four boxes specie, 140 packages elephants' teeth, 170 packages shawls, 151 bales cotton, 39 Casks wine, 1 box precious stones, and 186 packages sundries. The Delta experienced strong northwesterly winds and heavy. head sea from Alexandria to Malta; thence to Gibraltar, westerly gales and high sea ; across the thy of Biscay, and easterly winds and thick weather; and up the Channel south-easterly winds and rain. Oa the 6th inst., the Delta exchanged signals with the steamer Ripon steering E. On th e Bth s poke the steamer Lars, belonging to the PAcha of Egypt, steering S.E., and the St. Syria steering southward on the 9th, spoke the steamer Caroline bound from Cadiz to London, and the steamer Frankfort steering S.E. and the 11th passed the British ship So ve reign, the British ship Lansdown e , beating up the Channel, and an Austrian gunboat steering to the eastward. Her Majesty's ships Proccis and Fox were at Gibraltar ; and at Malta, the Psyche, Defence, Resistance, and Marlborough. Her Majesty's screw corvette Racoon, Captain Count Gleichen, l e ft Gibraltar on the 3 d for Mare seilles to receive on b oar d his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who continues his naval service as a lieutenant on board the Racoon. Gib The ra r h a e l t aPortuguese forolop of war Minden() left in order to afford protection to Portuguese during the disturbances in that Regency. Her Majesty's ship Orontes, which left Gibraltar some time since with the 2d Battalion 6th Foot for the West Indies, was compelled by a succession of westerly gales to call at St. Vincent's, Cap e d e Verd, to coal. After leaving Gibraltar the Orontes ezerieuced a three days' gale, which prev en t e d h er reaching Madeira. She then made for Teneriffe to obtain a supply of coal. After-remaining two days at Teneriffe she left for Trinidad direct ; but, owing to a continuance of adverse winds, made for the Cape de Verd Islands, in order to get a further supply of coal before crossing the Atlantic, which she reached on the 29th March, and was to leave for Trinidad the following day. At St. Vin cent the drought- continued, and the islands were suffering intensely from the famine; vegeta tion have entirely disappeared owing to the absence of rain for the last 20 months. The people were dying of starvation. The above news reached Gib raltar by the Portuguese sloop of war Min len°. Cadiz papers of the 3d says—" The Havannah mail brings news from St. Domingo to April 9. Brigadier Palanca sustained in Puerto Plata, on March 27, a glorious action against 3,300 rebels, with four pieces of artillery. Our troops amounted to 400 men, and. had 3 killed, 25 wounded, and 45 bruised (contused). The enemy had 200 killed. Gen. Gandara had entered upon the command of the island. Generals Vargas and Sibila had arrived at Santiago de Cuba, where troops and vessels were assembling for St. Domingo. Brigadier Villate commands the expedition. But few of the sick were dying. At the hospitals of Cuba there were 2,000 convalescents; 600 were ready to return to the ranks." Exchanges.—London, 90 dap.' date, 501 to ; Paris, 5t 32c; Marseilles, 5f 33c ; Genoa, 5f 33e ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par; Cadiz, 8 days' sight, 11 to 2 dis.; SeNille, 1 die.; Malaga, :I dis.; Bar celona, s premium ; Almeria, par ; Valencia, par ; Alicante, par. Premium on five-franc pieces, 1 to per cent. premium. LITERATURE. Popular Edition of " Les Miserables," One Vol., pp. 486, Hurst and Blackett. A beautiful edition of an excellent translation of a very wonderful book nothing less than that can, in simplest truth, be said of this new reprint, in a cheap and popular form, of "Les Miserables." Any one who handles the volume and reads it, will coincide with us in so speak ing of it. Those who have not read the work have a treat before them. For, among all the various writings of Victor Hugo, we do not hesitate to pronounce " Les Miserablea" his literary masterpiece. It is far more than a mere companion work to his other great fiction, " Notre Dame de Paris." It is hardly too much to say of " Les Miserables" that it is the prose epic of the century. Upon the extraordinary fiction already mentioned, that romance of " Notre Dame" which, several years ago, acquired for the author so distinguished a position among the great masters of imaginative literature, there was a taint—the taint of impurity. With " Les Mtterables" it is otherwise. In it, there are no such scenes as those which sully that earlier romance from the hand of the great French Poet-Dramatist- Novelist. In " Les Mlserables" there is no Claude Frollo, there is no Captain Phcohua. So far, indeed, from there being any impurity what ever in this later and greater work of Victor Hugo's, the very moral of it, as we may say, is definable by the one single word " purification." Yet, here, in " Les Miserables," as in " Great Expectations," the true hero of the tale that so enthralls us, of this tale that if only read aright is so calculated to better us in the perusal of it, is—a felon, a convict, one who is in the eye of the law a heinous and detestable malefactor ! And— what Pip is to Magwitch, Cosette is to Jean Valjean. Tempting though the continuation of the comparison here hinted at is, however, we will at once refrain from pursuing it, restricting our comments upon this cheap popular reprint of " Les Miserables" solely to " Les Miserables," our remarks, moreover, having simply reference to this as the fourth edition of the authorised copy right English translation. The elevated character of the work, it will be remembered by all those who are happily already familiar with it, is very nobly and very beautifully indicated in the opening chapter, by a most charming delineation of the character, the life, the household of the venerable Charles Frau )is Bienvenu Myriel, the aged Bishop of D—. Appearing only in the preamble, as we may say, of the story, he is nevertheless the good angel of the book throughout—he is at least the good angel of the unhappy Jean Valjean, the galley-slave. It is through the beneficent treat ment received at the hands of the good Bishop Myriel that Jean Valjean in reclaimed for life, and reclaimed, as we are led to believe, not only for life but for the life eternal. How reclaimed—the narrative relates through a series of enthralling in• cidents, of hairbreadth 'ecapes and perillons adven tures. The vicissitades of the at first to all appear ance ruffianly, but the in reality saintly hero of the work, fix the reader's interest breathlessly while he is threading the intricate mazes of the plot, and while he is following up the one delicate clue through those mazes—that involved and sinuous thread of the narrative leading him in the end t© the very central core of the labyrinth. To the tearful yet blissful moment, that is, when the happy young lovers Cosette and Marius, as Baron and Baroness de Pontmercy, kneel at the felt of their father and benefactor while he is dying—kissing his hands, those "august hands," at once the hands of Jean Valjean, the galley slave, of M. Made leine, mayor of M. and manufacturer, and of the white-haired Pere Fauchelevent. Besides the three principal characters already men tioned, the athletic Jean Valjean, his beau tiful adopted daughter Cosette, and her husband the handsome Marius, Baron Pontmercy—besides these and the good Bishop Myriel—what a throng of other vividly-delineated characters of all ranks and classes there are in "Les Miserables !" Students and grisettes, cut-throats and officers of justice, rich and poor, old and young, male and female, and— Ah ! the Little Children ! The exquisite little chil dren ! Victor Hugo's genius being always, at its very best, at its tenderest and loveliest, whenever it comes to treat of Children or of Childhood! Youth, even, has an inexpressible magic in calling forth the graces of his style, as, where he is speaking of the lovely but fallen Fantino in her povertyand her beauty, he depicts her in a single sentence, as with a pencil of sunlight, thus—" She was a charming blonde,with handsome te eCa; she had gold and pearls for her dower, but the gold was on her head, and the pearls were in her mouth." Here, however, is one of those bewitching pictures by Victor Hugo—not of Youth merely, however charming, but of what his whole poetic soul seems always to yearn over with such ineffable tendernese—tho angelic grace of Childhood : THE HIDEOUS CART, AND THE P LITTLE GI SWINGING. Though nothing is more common than a cart at a post house door, the vehicle, or rather fragments of a vehicle, which blocked up the street in front of the Sergeant of Waterloo, one spring evening in 1813, would have certainly attracted the attention of any painter who had passed that way. It was the fore part of one of those wains used in wood countries for draggiag planks and trunks of trees ; it was composed of a massive iron axle-tree, in which a heavy polo was imbedded and supported by two enormous wheels. The whole thing was sturdy, crushing, and ugly, uud it might have passed for the carriage of a monster gun. The ruts had given the wheels, felloes, spokes, axle-trees, and pole, a coating of mud, u hideous yellow plaster, much like that with which cathedrals are so often adorned. The wood work was hidden by mud and the iron by rust. Under the axle-tree was festooned a heavy chain, suited for a convict Goliath, This chain made you think, not of the wood it was intended to secure, but of the mastodons and mam moth for which it would have served as harness ; it had the air of a cyclopean and superhuman bagne and seemed re moved from some monster. Homer would have bound Polyphemus with it, and Shakespeare, Caliban. Why was this thing at this place in the street? First, to block it up ; secondly, to finish the rusting process. There is in the old social order, a multitude of institutions which aiay be found in the same way in the open air, and which have no other reasons for being there. The centre of the chain hung rather close to the ground, and on the curve, as on the rope of a swing, two little girls were seated on this evening, in an exquisite embrace, one about two years and a half, the other eighteen months; the younger being in the arms of the elder. An artfully-tied handkerchief prevented them from falling, for a mother had seen this frightful chain, and said, " What a famous plaything for my chil dren I" The two children, who were prettily dressed, and with some taste, were radiant; they looked like two roses among old iron; their eyes were a triumph, their healthy cheeks laughed ; one had auburn hair, the other was a brunette; their innocent faces had a look of surprise; a flowering shrub a little distance off sent to passers-by a perfume which seemed to come from them ; and the younger displayed her nudity with the chaste indecency of childhood. Above and around their two delicate heads, moulded in happiness and bathed in light, the gigantic wain, black with rust, almost terrible, and bristling with curves and savage angles, formed the porch of a cavern, as it were. A few yards off, and seated in the inn door, the mother, a woman of no very pleasing appearence, but touching at this moment, was swinging the children by the help of a long cord,. and dev ailing them with her eyes, for fear of an accident, with that animal and heavenly expression peculiar to maternity. At each oscillation the hideous links pro du.ced a sharp sound, resembling a cry of anger. The little girls were delighted ; the setting sun mingled with the joy, and nothing could be so charming as the caprice of accident which had made of a Titanic chain a cherub's swing. A suggestion of a picture, that we would fain urge upon the attention of Mr. Millais as the very sub ject for his diploma painting as the youngest of our Royal Academicians ! A very world of interest and beauty and horror has been created by tho genius of victor Hugo i❑ fills one book of "Lea MiSerablCS." As a fitting frontispiece to this charming popular edition of the work, Mr, Millais has contributed his lovely sketch of Cosette. In contrast to whom, ono thinks, upon the instant, of that most villainous of human reptiles, the detestable innkeeper Thenardier, workman Sondrette, the actor Fabantou, the poet Genflot, the Spanish Don Alvares, the "unprotected" Madame Balizard—one who is in reality, how ever, all the while, the keeper of the pot house at Montfermiel. Never yet, we believe, was theta a better delineation of a genuine gamin de Paris than Victor Hugo's sketch in " Les MiEerables" of the little Gavroche I Surely the very model gamin of all, the gamin of gamins! As to the police inspector, Javert—tliat archetype, as he is evi dently intended to be (and is to a certain extent), of the French Detective—we regard that as altogether the greatest mistake in the whole book. Never, we may be certain of this, would Mr. Bucket (for whom ride "Bleak Hou9e'')--never, we may be quite certain of this, would Mr. Bucket have ter minated his existence as M, Javert actually terminates his, by going and drowning himself in the river because of a sentiment, compounded half of chagrin, half of a wounded sense of honour in his calling! The fact of the matter simply being in Javert's instance that ho has been outwitted by Jean Valjean, and afterwards magnanimously liberated un-scathed when his life is completely at Jean Valjean's mercy. Overwhelmed by which double stroke of fortune, Javert incautiously goes and commits suicide—or asthe Bird of Prey in "Our Mutual Friend," would croak, makes a hole in the Seine, being himself already, of course, insane. The incident is a violation of all probabilty. It is simply an extravagance. But the work of art, the production of genius, of which this is one of the conspicuous flaws, will survive a blemish or two such as that, by reason of its abounding merits as a work of art, as a production of genius. And, that it is a signal example of both the one and the other, who shall deny that has once read " Les Alia:- rabies ?" The War in Denmark. (From the Times kFpecial Correspondent lately at the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 7. It has often occurred to me to allude, though very briefly, to the peculiar hardships that are apt to beset a Special Correspondent in the camp. Short commons, no quarters, scanty allowance of linen and water, worry, noise, weariness. In spite of a decent hotel and ample leisure, the life of your correspondent in town has also its own difficulties to contend with— of a different nature, certainly, but hardly less gall ing and harassing. Out at headquarters you have only comrades and friends, here in the city you find readers and critics. You do not, of course, when you write, expect to please everybody. The German papers call me " ein fanatischer Dinenfreund," and in that capacity they think I have pushed my sym pathies with Denmark to such extremities as to deserve at their hands the elegant appellations of " Liigner and Verleueader.'' It seems hard, after all that, to be told by your Danish friends that you are " seriously damaging their cause ;" but the Danes are not the first people for whom I write, nor yet the dearest to my heart ; nor have I now to learn for the first time that what Philip drunk will proclaim in a high voice about himself to-day will give Philip sober mortal offence if repeated, even in the most guarded language, by a stranger to-mor row. The Danes area self-controlled, highly-disciplined people. Political passions seldom run very high among them, popular commotions are rare, and not dangerous; rancours, suspicions, calumnies can no more thrive among them than noxious reptiles in certain hallowed islands of the blessed. Still, there are parties even in Denmark ; there is a Govern ment and an Opposition, an army and a people. a War-office in the capital, a general commanding in the field. Steer clear, if you can, of their petty wranglings and bickerings ; choose your path be tween diverging views and conflicting interests ; listen to right and left, and see if you can avoid making yourself obnoxious to both. The abandonment of the Dannewerke and the non-evacuation of Dybbol have given rise to a certain amount of mutual reproach and recrimi nation. Both measures were, in all probability, matters of sheer necessity ; both were, perhaps, defensible on military, as well as on political grounds. Time being given fur reffiction, parties have come to an understanding, end have shaken hands thereupon. But on the first outbreak of the intelligence great unpopularity naturally attached to those measures, and their authors shifted its weight from each other's shoulders, and acted somewhat on the sauce qui pent principle, It was " the commander's fault," " the War Mini ster's," " the Premier's ;" the charge was even laid on 4 ' high shoulders." Your correspondent said nothing on his own responsibility; he merely re ported everybody's talk; and when notes were com pared and anger had cooled, and it was found that " no one was to blame," it was contended that " the wicked correspondent was at the bottom of all mis chief; that it was all pure invention or evil con struction on his part." Be it so. For my own part, I have always tried to do justice to the good intentions of all persons connected with the manage ment of public affairs in Denmark ; and were it even manifest that " some one had blundered," it is certainly not I who shall lay claim to infallibility. Fault is found with me for attaching too great an importance to the disaster at Dybbol, and for my proneness to look upon the cause of Denmark as a somewhat hopeless one. I have said that the Danes lost at Dybbol " nearly one-half of their small army." I must so far rectify that expression as to explain that by it I meant half the army in occupation of the Dybbol and Alsen position. The Danish army soon after the outbreak the war was said to have been raised to about 50,000 men. There were not, however, more than 25,000 to 30,000 actually in the field at the Dannewerke, and I doubt whether a much larger force than that was at any time brought into actual service. Imme diately on the retreat from Schleswig it was found that even this force would be too cumbrous for the little island to which it came for refuge, and, besides the cavalry division which marched by land towards Jutland, under Hegermann - denkrone, other large detachments were shipped off from Sonderborg to Fredericia and Veile, and the garrison permanently settled on either side of the Alssund was not intended to exceed 18,000 combatants. Frequent shifting of troops took place from A?sen to Jutland and vice versa during the siege, but it is my firm conviction that towards the end the army in Alsen and Dybbol, owing to losses by death, wounds, capture, and sickness, was reduced to something like 12,000. If, as it is now generally admitted, the fall of Dybbol involved a loss of about 5,500 combatants, my original state ment that nearly one-half of the army—of that army—was sacrificed to a point of honour cannot be so far from the truth, I never uttered any opinion as to the expediency cr necessity of that lamentable sacrifice. I limited myself to plain facts, leaving it to time and the world to weigh the circumstances in which Denmark was placed, and to do justice to her heroic and generous, however, perhaps, cruel and improvident, resolution. From what I have said of the original numbers of the Danisharmy I may easily infer its actualstreegth at this moment. I have no access to official informa ' tion, and had I obtained it, I might not feel at liberty to put it in print, affording the enemies of Denmark facts which might be turned to her injury. As mere matter of guesswork, I may say I believe the army now concentrated in Funen, with head quarters at Assene ; may be computed at 18,000 to 20,000 men. Adding the 3,500 to 4,000 who still make up liegermann Lindenkrone'd division, I should say that 24,000 combatants constitute the whose disposable force of Denmark at the present moment. I must add my conviction also that this small Stale has already strained its powers to their utmost to muster even such an army as has so gal lantly kept its ground hitherto, and that she is at the end of her recruiting resources. Now, with 24,000 men arrayed against a host of 80,000 to 100,000 Austro-Prussians, a host with an unlimited command of reinforcements, was 1 so very wrong if I considered the cause of Denmark in itself as nearly desperate ? With all her lionlike courage and endurance, Denmark would scarcely have engaged single-handed in a struggle against the corabiaed forces of two such eolcssal States as Prussia and Austria. She thought she would no I be alone in the field ; that she might rely on the chapter of aCeiei.F•hts. That on one hand only being stretched out to her rescue her generous spirit would immediately revive, and that her efforts would be equal to her ancient renown, 1 by no means doubt; but, left to herself, she perishes. Her army, small as it was—too small to confront even such enemies as Saxony, Hanover, and other minor States in the field —was thought to have some chance behind strong positions. "Danes' works" might be held where Danes' arms would have been worsted. An attempt was made at a biave stand at the Danne werke. A glorious defence was made for the best part of three months at the bastions of Dybt,iil. Bat when Dylatol fell the faith of the Danes in earth mounds and trenches was shaker.). It was then, I said, without any claim to pro phetic gifts, that Alsen could be taken by the Prussians in three hours, and Fredeticia in three days. The Danes were indignant at my words, but Fredericia was, if not taken, forsaken la, fore those words appeared in print in England ; and if Alsen is still uninvaded, where is there a man in his senses who doubts, or who does not avow, that her fate is put off from political, not from military, considerations ? If, then, Denmark, with all her courage and obstinacy could not stand her ground beyond three months even behind strong intrenchmente, how can she hope to prolong the struggle on that open field which she was unable to maintain at the be. ginning ? The wastes of Jutland are extensive, and General Hegermann may contrive long to dodge anti finally to give the slip to Gablenz and Wrangel, His division, with the main Danish army, may muster in Funen, and the sea may for some time afford Denmark in an island that security which her military engineers could not construct for her on the main land. But the Little Belt at Midi dlefart is only half a mile in width. The Pruasian cannon from the Jutland coast can sweep the Funen shore for two or three miles inland ; and the naval superiority of Denmark depends on the will and the power the Austrian ironclads may have to cross from the North into the East Sea, from the German Ocean into the Baltic. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, I do really feel that Denmark, unless powerfully supported from abroad, is brought to the brink of ruin. Let only a score or two of good rifled cannon be landed by a friendly vessel in Funen ; let only a positive veto be laid upon the further movements o Austrian frigates by a mighty ally, and the struggle may yet be prolonged ; rien qu'une main tendered by ono of the Western Powers, and I will answer that Denmark will do as much as may be expected of mere human endeavour; but isolation brings with it not only physical weakness and exhaustion—it engenders that desponaency, that consternation, moral death, which prostrates the eoul before the body is borne to the ground. The actual physical strength of Denmark as a mere third-rate Power—for to that rank had the blows dealt by England and the Treaty of 1814 reduced her—is something prodigious, and speaks volumes in favour of the wise, thri.ty management with which especially the finances of the country have been conducted. Both as a State and as a people Denmark was in the enjoyment of a general wellbeing rarely attained by any earthly commu nity. Her husbandry, her popular education, her charitable institutions were in the most flourishing co ndition, I hardly know whether it may be ascribed to the wisdom and liberality of the governors or to the instinctive docility and good temper of the go verned, but the fact is that Europe had nowhere a better organised, more leniently handled set of people. It is not in the nature of the Dane to eAer eise tyranny, and even the malcontents in Schleswig and Holstein never preferred any serious complaint against their rulers for extortions, for rnaladminstra tion of justice, for vexatious police restraints, or for political persecution. These Northern people are a mere flock—the happiest mixture of strength end gentleness, of the lion and lamb I ever fell in with. An English clergyman of my acquaintance found fault with their lukewarmness in Divine matters. Lutheranism, as I said on a former occasion, " bits easy on this people ;" but the same reverend gentle.. man confessed in the sama breath that the Danes even in this city are " the truest and most honest people in the world." It is the purpose of all re ligion, as of all law, to " bind ;" and why should the bonds on a man be tighter than his nature re quires ? It is lucky, indeed, for a part of Denmark that the peace and good government she enjoyed during the last fourteen years have spread so general a wellbeing over the country. The poor Jutlanders are now being plundered by the Prussians and Austrians without mercy, Marshal Wrangel im posed, on the 28th, a contribution of 650,000 Prus sian thalers over that province, to be paid within 48 hours. Jutland had already been drained of her resources by more than two months' requisitions in kind. It is, however flouriahinge, merely an agri cultural country. The farmers invest their earnings in stock and implements, and have seldom much cash at hand. The Prussian, however, would hear neither of remonstrance nor delay in the payment of this tax. Towns which were not ready with their c ontingent were threatened with sack, and the s i isi es of some of them were indeed plundered by the so.ldiery. From other places the most con spicuous citizens were taken into captivity as hostages. Private letters from Horsens, Veile, Vigor, Maria t tter, Hobro, &c., describe scenes in which the Prussian and Austrian officers actually play the part of Cisiavone and Ninco-Nanco. Jut land is delivered over to military execution. Mar shal Wrangel informs us that these a obberies are committed by way of compensation for the seizure of German vessels by the Danish cruiser s. He adds that the estimate of these damages is only approxia mate, and that either the sum will have so be attar naented, or the contributors reimbursed, a ccording as that estimate may happen to be below or above the mark. The Marshal does not consider, how. ever, that the seizure of vessels inflicts a de finite loss which it is izt the power of the Ger man Government to indcnnity ; while the coo" tribution falls on the Jutondtrs upon an arbi trary system of distribution . , and its ex:net . ..opt in the event of non-solvency, is entrusted no Liu irresponsible soldiery, who take what they like. Moreover, their depredations la)l upon pri - vate people withdrawn from the protectic n of the Dahiska Government, which has no power to make good their losses out of the public purse. By these out rages, at all events, the fruesians , w ,,, 0 in t his AvE L are certainly the aggressors, give the most empbati° lie to the civilisation which constituted their boast' and force our age two centuries back iiito bar barism. His Majesty the King has determined to S 6 t:aside the amount of 4,000 rigsdalers annually from his Civil List for the next 10 years towards the Bur support ot the relatives of fallen Danish soldiers' The National Frovincial Bank of Engla /I' (MEETING THIS DAY.) ' Tho National Provincial Bank of England held their annual meeting to-day, Mr. John Minet Laurie in 01° ' chair. The report proposed for adoption stated that tlio accounts comprised operations for the year to the 315t' December last. The year 1863 opened with improved 1 319 ; spats of trade in the manufacturin g di s t r icts. The redu o " production of the cotton manufacture in the year I St owing to the diminished supply of the raw material, 1.' 6 `i au exhaustion of stocks, and a corresponding enhancetu ell i of price in the markets of the world, which gave a geoj' a i, impetus to manufacturing activity, and proved a mater l4 abatement [of the Lancashire distress. The enceuraiVr. meet thus afforded has been found effective in ': stimulating the productive energies of other coll a ° tries in furnishing a better supply of cutkon- IA abundant harvest which supervened in the a utuol i ncr eased the accumulation of capital and gave addi tioo3 prosperity to the home trade, leading also to the forreatj uil ; of a variety of new schemes, financial and otherwise, 10i: developing the resources of the country , The valoc °al money at the commencement of the year was 3 per cent. 00 4 rapidly rose in the month of January to 5, but d e eee , o 6 r i again by the end of April to 3 per cent.; a reaction ea' Ae. c i by the end of May to 4 per cent., at which rate it remaj Ae t. until November, when it gradually rose to 8 per O A c i • t giving upon the whole a fair average for the year/ : 11 4 thereby enabling the directors to submit the follow' ey very favourable statement of accounts, which ih „. trust the proprietors will deem highly satisfaeOlfiy Out of the profits the directors proposed to declare):o addition to the dividend and bonus paid (hiring the Ye7 ts , further bonus of 7 per cent,, making the division of p r° i to in 1863, in all 21 per cent. upon the paid - up eaPit4 'eet Dec. 31, free of income tax, amounting to £ 63,000, le' B,fr:i a reserve of 207,748 53 2d, which, with the prerni4l7oo £1,704, realised from the 426 new shares vote d last ) increased that fund to £209,452 5s 11.